Chapter 11 The Eleventh Round of Laid-Out Customers and Night Relief

Li Shiyao, together with Yu Minzhong, Ji Yun, Guo Zhiqiang and others resigned from the compound of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and bid farewell to each other under the lamp of the gate of Yimen.He stood there hesitating for a while, and wanted to ask everyone to go to his mansion for a chat, but Yu Minzhong looked lonely and talked to Ji Yun. "I'll see you tomorrow and I'm going to report the blessings of chaste women and martyrs from all over the world. Ji Gong's list seems to be too excessive. A memorial archway is calculated at two hundred and fifty taels, and the red flower advocacy adds up to a total of 150,000 taels of silver. Please ask Mr. Ji to go back and reduce it a bit." Guo Zhiqiang was also asked to follow him to the military plane, and he had to ask about military supplies.Ji Yun also seemed a little uninterested, and said perfunctorily, "Please make a ruling" and said that he would go to Fu Heng's mansion again... Seeing that it is not appropriate to make an appointment at this moment, he moved his lips and closed his mouth, only raised his hand and said: " See you tomorrow..." I wanted to say a few more words, but I didn't bother to babble.Li's house is on the North Street of Dongkou, Shengjiang Hutong, and the sedan chair has arrived home in a short while.Little Wu Zi had already been guarding the door, and hurriedly came up to him, raised the curtain and helped him get off the sedan chair, and said with a smile, "Will the military gate come down sooner or later? I know you must not be able to eat well, we made something light in the boy's room in the mansion." Yes. There is a big play in Luqing Academy, the newly edited "Evil Tiger Village", brother will accompany you to watch the play after dinner..."

"Where are Bashi and Yongshou?" Li Shiyao ignored Xiao Wuzi's words, and as he entered the door, he asked, "Haven't you come back yet?" Before he finished speaking, he stopped. He had already seen Zhang Yongshou and Li Bashou. Fifteen lifted the curtain from the west wing of the patio to greet him, but they didn't speak, and stood under the gauze lamp hanging at the door one by one to greet him. Sometimes a person's face is a book, a look, a trivial movement, a frown or a smile is an article, Li Shiyao just glanced at them, and knew that there was no good news, and suddenly an ominous premonition struck , I was about to get chestnuts on my body.He paused for a moment, and then ordered loudly: "Come make some erh tea, I want some strong one!"

"Dong Weng, we just came back." After sitting down, Zhang Shouyong didn't care about sipping tea, and immediately cut to the topic, "Today, Eighty-Five and I visited a dozen companies, Gao Yonggui, Fang Enxiao, Luo Benji, Ma Xiaoyuan...these bosom friends All of my friends have gone. According to your order, each family will send two catties of tea, and those who leave customers to ask questions will chat with each other, and those who do not keep customers will let the tea leave. There are no customers, and there is no clue. Prince Gong’s Mansion, Prince Zhuang’s Mansion, Prince Yi’s Mansion, and Wang’s Mansion... also went, and the gifts were the medicines and Western glasses we brought. They were all accepted, and no one refused. For the eunuch’s acquaintances, it’s twenty taels of warm silver per person..."

"Don't talk about that," Li Shiyao interrupted him, "Pick up the important words." "These rumors come from where Gao Yun came from." Zhang Shouyong glanced at Li Bashiwu who was standing beside him, and said, "We met Xiao Dezhang from the Military Aircraft Department, and we asked Xiao Wu to see Gao Yun from He took the money, and said that he couldn’t be of much help in this kind of matter—he said that someone wrote a secret letter to the Lord Long Live, saying that your hands and feet were not clean when you were appointed in Guizhou and Guangdong. If he wins, he will also accept Xie Yi from the winner...he can't talk about other things."

Li Shiyao blushed suddenly, the governor didn't care about criminal lawsuits, he asked the governor to confess to the governor in private, "dispose of it impartially", after winning the case, the beneficiary sent some local products as filial piety, and it was still the same Received, but never received a large amount of money.As for the shortfall, the same is true.The personnel introduced by the friends of the six ministries of China and North Korea, the Jiuqing, and the colleagues were confessed to the feudal office, and they were put up to fill the vacancy.Compared with the governors of other provinces, he actually felt that his integrity was "more than hypocritical"! ——Pointing at these two "smashing black bricks"?There are really those who dare to hit a stone with an egg!Li Shiyao was angry for a while and then relieved, sneered, and said: "Let him sue! This may be some dirty pickpocket that stuffed money into the Fantai, there is no shortage, there is no place to be discouraged by farting, and playing in secret A little pickiness—why haven’t I heard of the role of Gao Yuncong? Bu Ren, Bu Yi, Bu Li, Bu Zhi, Bu Xin, I know everything from Yu Xiao to Wang Baxie, you didn’t ask these eunuchs?”

"Master, I've seen someone surnamed Gao." Li Bashiwu said beside him, "He often goes to Fu Liuye's residence. It's the tall, pockmarked man with bee eyes and grandma's mouth, who is a little hunchbacked. Don't look at the inconspicuous one. , No hum, no haha, I wait on the Long Live Lord inside, and he is in charge of delivering papers back and forth, and sending papers to Huang Shizhen. Among the eunuchs, the popularity is the best, and you can walk up and down, left and right. In the future, you can count on him to overshadow Wang Bashi." Li Shiyao smiled and said, "He is a bit like the eunuch holding the pen in the former Ming Dynasty Ritual Supervisor, and Wei Zhongxian made his fortune by relying on this position. The most strict, once you find out that he is a traffic officer, there is only one word 'dead'. This kind of person is not to be messed with. Don't ask him if we have something to do." He glanced at Zhang Shouyong: "Huh?" Zhang Shouyong and Li Bashiu Hastily said: "Yes!"

Li Shiyao stood up, breathed a sigh of relief silently, once the truth of the matter was known, it would not be as frightening as just listening to "smashing black bricks" and "someone sued".In fact, he still has a lot of thoughts, even these two close friends can hardly tell. The Guangzhou Thirteen Bank was originally a Chinese comprador broker hired by Xiyang. Ten years ago, he was the governor of Guangzhou for the first time. Distinguish between barbarians, beware of the proliferation of foreign religions, it is a matter of state affairs, and there must be no negligence and leniency in the top."Therefore, as soon as he took office, he acted vigorously and ordered the withdrawal of these foreign firms, and investigated and dealt with the translation compradors who "colluded with foreigners to spread Catholicism".But he soon understood that the British, Portuguese, French, and Italians were in Guangzhou, and they were all about buying and selling. It was really difficult to suppress the Chinese from "colluding" with them!It is not allowed to be explicit, and the thirteen elements have never been "revoked" at all... From strict prohibition to relaxation, from relaxation to opening one eye and closing one eye, to put it bluntly, it has never been "banned" at all!This was the situation when I left office. If I don’t ask for an order to "restore", everything will be clear when the new governor leaves. Even if my close friends take over the seal, it will be difficult to continue. According to the book, not only will the reputation of "Zhuo Yi" be lost for ten years, but he may also be charged with "deception".As a Zhang and Zhizhi, he negotiated between Qianlong and the merchants of the foreign firm, and the matter was finally settled safely. The public bank gave him 100,000 taels of silver notes to thank him for "pleading for the people and running around in front of the Long Live God". "Rong Chengyi" - his real heart disease lies in this bank note.So when you hear "smashing black bricks", it's like a young daughter-in-law who is having an affair for the first time and immediately panics when she hears the word "wild man".Since it was a false alarm, Li Shiyao felt that his surprise was too unsteady at first glance, so he laughed at himself, and stopped suddenly after saying "flies and bugs are nothing to worry about" - just a few words from Gao Congyun Is it reliable?He frowned, and said again: "My family members are all in Guangzhou. If you come to Beijing, you will become a grasshopper without roots. You must be careful. You should listen carefully. First, you must not reveal that I care about this matter; second. I'm willing to give up money, and I want to get to the bottom of it."

"What Dong Weng said is true." Zhang Shouyong said: "We can't compare with Gui Zhongtang and Ji Zhongtang. If something happens, many people immediately share the news and offer their ideas to please him. Dong Weng's roots are not in Beijing, but in front of Long Live God It is useful, but it is easy to attract hatred. People are in the dark and I am in the light, and if I am not careful, I will fall into the trap of others." Li Bashiwu said: "It's not that I said master, it is very easy for master and master to have trouble with each other. It's meaningless. It's not that he offended foreign officials and urged him to use him as a gun? Otherwise, when things like these come out, go ask the master, and the details will be clear immediately. Our master suffers because he is too straight and too rigid top."

"Okay, okay... let's not talk about this matter." Li Shiyao became more and more annoyed the more he listened, he put a lynx monkey skin vest on the outside of his robe, buttoned it, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I know Why not? I’ll go out and take a few steps to take a walk, and you two will discuss a safe way and make sure to clarify the ins and outs of the matter—someone is coming, if there is no urgent matter, please drive to the military plane tomorrow to meet him.” , walked out with hands behind his back. At this moment, it is the card of the beginning of the West Weixu, when the wind is rushing and the sky is dark, the thin clouds seem to be dipped in light ink by a novice painter, and the graffiti (扌+周) is dyed randomly, light yellow and deep purple Light brown and slightly brown, the moon is like the face of a person suffering from yellow disease, peeping at the human world through the floating clouds that appear and disappear, and the roof of the street covered with residual snow is hazy, as if the whole street is full of clouds. The gaudy monsters are lurking and jumping, giving people a strange and desolate feeling.Standing at the door, Li Shiyao was chilled by the cold wind wrapped in fine snow in the dark, and his chaotic and irritable mood seemed to be driven away a lot.Looking from west to east from here, in the distance of a hazy night is the newly built Grand Opera Garden in Beijing by Huiban. Lanterns, Wind Lanterns, and Kongming Lanterns seem to be covered by a layer of mist, and they flicker faintly and faintly, and they seem to be a little erratic. Listen to a woman's voice singing along with the verse:

The thin sleeves are wet with peaches, and the clouds and rain tides return at first glance... the clouds are horizontal and the trees are at the end, and the rain is still fragrant.Thrushcrossers go to Zhangtai Road.look far, Kim Whip Xiyu, who will be divided into jade and arrogance... Li Shiyao wandered aimlessly towards the theatre, following the music of the song, when he suddenly heard someone beside the road sighing "Ah...", because they were so close, the sound of the sigh was very similar to a muffled sound moan.It was gloomy, and he was caught off guard so that his body trembled, and the roots of his hair stood on end.When he turned his face to look after a little concentration, he was in front of the door of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall. The door opening of Heibaba was unobstructed, and it seemed that there was a group of furry things moving inside.He squinted his eyes and took a closer look, only to see that it turned out to be a pair of beggar mother and daughter curled up at the base of the wall, unable to see clearly in the dark, the woman seemed to be middle-aged, and the little girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, both with blurred faces, leaning against the wall In a broken quilt, everyone seemed to be shivering, Li Shiyao asked: "It's so cold, why are you nesting here?"

"Ah!" The girl didn't expect a man to approach quietly at this time and questioned her, she shrunk in fright, choked on the cold air and exclaimed, "You, who are you?" Li Shiyao smiled silently and said: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person. I passed by here and saw you crooked here, I thought you were monsters! There is a Mawang Temple to the north. Wouldn't it be better to light a fire there than here? Is it your mother? Is she sick?" "The dilapidated temples here are all full..." The girl didn't know whether she was frozen or frightened, and said tremblingly, "It's all men... My mother has a high fever again, and she is afraid of getting sick, so she goes everywhere Go and kick us out..." Li Shiyao's heart sank when he heard this, he glanced at the drowsy woman, and sighed: "What do beggars care about about men and women? It's all up to this point, no matter which temple the shrine is better than here!" He touched Feeling around his waist, it contained silver bills, he took out from his sleeve, and found about three or four pieces of silver, he took it out and said: "Take this money to exchange for some medicine, no matter which dry shop will arrange for your mother to have some hot rice." I’m afraid I’ll be fine if I catch a cold, and it’s not a problem to stand next to each other.” The little girl stretched out a pair of warm and moist hands to take the silver, sobbing, and said, “Thank you, thank you… Thank you, thank you.” Reward..." Struggling to get up and knelt down: "I will kowtow to the Lord... We are not begging, we came to Beijing to visit relatives and couldn't get it, and after we finished our money..." Li Shiyao's heart trembled. In the 11th year of Qianlong's reign, he went to Beijing by bus to take the exam. He ran out of money and lived in poverty in the temple.He is still a Juren, and he has friends from his hometown, the same age, and friends in Beijing. When he said "borrow", they all had miserable faces, smacked their lips and frowned, faltered in tone, babbled in speech, and flustered in demeanor. "That's all.Seeing this mother and daughter suffering from hunger, cold and distress, I can't help feeling compassionate.He bit his lower lip and thought for a moment, then asked: "Do you have any relatives in Beijing? Did he travel far away or moved with his family?" The girl couldn't answer this question, shook her mother, and called out softly. : "Mom, this grandpa asked us something..." "Oh..." The woman agreed with a groan, her eyes flickered in the dark night, and said with difficulty: "This master is really kind... Thank you very much... The matter of our girls... is difficult... It is said that they are relatives, but they are not relatives... He is now a high-ranking official... and he is not in Beijing... Even if he is not an official... We are also going to people to beg for food..." Li Shiyao listened and said with a smile: "This is really true. 'I still understand if you don't say it, but the more you say it, the more confused I become'. I am an official myself, who are you talking about?" "Heshen and Master..." the woman said leisurely, "He helped me in Yangzhou, he is really a kind person... If it weren't for him, this child... this child would have froze to death in Wutong Temple after birth... ...I am in debt to my master, and when I can't live on, I come to other people's houses, and I don't know whether to take us in or not..." When Li Shiyao heard that he was here to join He Shen, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, does He Shen still have this kindness?Frowning and thinking for a while, he turned around and saw Li Bashiwu standing far behind in the dark, shouting "Come here," and said to the woman, "Master Heshen is not what he used to be, he has let the imperial envoy go out, you If you look like this, the family doesn't know you, so they may not take you in.Master and I are also friends, you can believe it, I will ask someone to arrange for you mother and daughter to find a store to live in, grab and pay for medicine and food, and then try to see you and master when you recover, how about this? After finishing speaking, he stared at the woman and waited for her to reply. But she didn't say a word, she leaned her head against the wall and remained motionless. She could only smell her breathing a bit fast and rough. Li Shiyao tentatively touched her forehead. Feeling like burning coals, he hurriedly retracted his hand, and said to Li Bashiwu: "Quick!Call some men, and do as I say—she's fainted! "Li Bashiwu still said to himself, "This is a taboo... If the master rewards you with money, you will have everything..." The girl was already crying loudly, shaking her mother and shouting: "Mother! Mother... Mother... Wake up, what's wrong with you? Ah... You can't die... Xiao San is going to betray me, what will I do if you die... Ah..." Hearing her hoarse and mournful wail in the dark alley, in the wind and cold air, Li Shiyao shuddered all over his body and had a rash in his heart.At this time, several senior followers of the Li family had already arrived, busy Zhang Luo teasing and carrying people with rattan spring stools, Li Shiyao was full of depression, seeing this miserable situation was even more unpleasant, so he said "send someone to invite the doctor".Just as he was about to leave, he saw a man from the west swaying towards him with a white gauze lantern, yelling and saying indistinctly: "Are you dead? I have a headache and a fever... oh! Where is someone dead? My dear." ...What will I do with my money if you die..." As he said that, he approached, staggered, mouthful of alcohol and fart, with his tongue out, and his eyes narrowed and asked: "You... Where are you? ...Is...Is it a doctor? This...uh! This woman, uh! You...she is dead...take away...drive away! This girl has to be left...uh! They are... It's my... uh man!" "Who are you?" Li Shiyao asked coldly. "Xiao... Xiao... Xiao..." "Xiao San Laizi?" "Er!—how do you know?" "Since it's yours." Li Shiyao said, "She's not dead now, so please ask the doctor to treat her." Xiao San was taken aback by what he said, he was someone who had wine, his head was shaking like a rattle drum, he couldn't think of what to say, his eyes were dark, and he couldn't see Li Shiyao clearly Clothes on his face, he muttered for a long time and said, "Meddling in your own business? It's mine... uh! It's not mine. It's none of your business... You... you bring the money, and the person... the person will be yours... "Li Bashiwu said: "What kind of person is the master, who fights with this kind of person? You just ask for a walk, and the servant will take care of this bastard!" Li Shiyao stretched out his hand to block him, and said: "—she How much money do I owe you? I will give it!" "Three——" Although Xiao San was drunk, when he talked about money, his heart was clear, he blurted out half of it, and added another ten taels: "Oh, thirteen taels!" Li Bashi was furious and shouted "Damn it! Are you blackmailing someone?" She was about to go up and beat her, but the girl also cried, "Where did you get three taels and three taels? We owe Hu's house two taels or four money for rent, and twenty Chinese medicines." Money, luggage and bedding are all covered, and you take it to yourself, saying you owe it to you! Beijing is at the feet of the emperor, why do you bully us foreigners like this? Don’t be afraid that lightning will strike you...God..." Xiao Sanlaizi After such a toss, even the articulate became sharper, and he sneered and said: "The Hu's inn owes me, you owe the Hu's inn, the debt is transferred from Yin'er, how dare you lie? Girl, if you dare to touch me again, I will sell you to the next house! Mentougou gangsters tore you up—" He was still cursing with dirty mouth, but Li Bashiu jumped up and slapped him across the face.Xiao Sanlao was sobered by the slap, he took a step back and screamed, "Aren't you just a stinky beater? Looking for the third master's business, you are a tiger's thorn in the palm of your hand!" See Seeing that there were many people on the other side, he stomped his feet and said, "Okay—you bastards are waiting!" "Forget it." Li Shiyao frowned and waved his hands.He finally understood in his heart that fighting against this kind of ruffian would be invincible, and he would get entangled endlessly, and his reputation would not be good if he spread it out, because he said: "Give him thirteen taels and ask him to go, and the two are irrelevant from now on—" Healing is important, so what are you doing with him?" Li Shibawu scolded and fumbled for a long time from his pocket bag, then threw a handful of broken silver on the ground, and said with a "bah", "This is the fourteenth Two or two dollars—I'll buy you a filial piety hat!" When Mr. Xiao was crawling on the ground and hurriedly paddling to pick up the silver, Li Shiyao had already gone. He originally came out to relax because of his depressed mood, but after being disturbed by such a noise, he became much more relaxed. The vegetable garden with low thatched houses, the lights in front of it are getting more and more, and it has reached Gongyuan Street.I saw black crows, crows, crows and crows in the northern Gongyuan area, quiet and quiet, and a large area of ​​high-rise tile-roofed houses sitting on the ground. The outer courtyard walls are more than twice as high as ordinary houses. The walls are full of jujube trees, densely planted. There is a layer of purple-brown fog-covered sandalwood border on the wall, stretching out until the invisible end, in the middle to the public hall, Minglun hall, Yumen and Zhoujunmen of the "World Civilization" square stand tall in the dark night, dimly visible The remnant snow on the eaves and upturned wings can easily distinguish the majestic appearance of the iron unicorn in front of the dragon gate.Seen from a distance, the place is densely lit, but now that we get closer, we realize that it’s just that the area around the Bolun Building and the Theater Building are more lively. The soup cake stalls, fried dough sticks, fried sticks, twisted tofu, and other small vendors on the streets are all lit up like bright lights. Dou's small gauze covers the oil lamp, there are not many diners, and the shouting is not lively, but there is a play in the garden, and the gongs and drums are clanging, and the silk and bamboo are singing, and it is hard to hear what is being sung.Zhengguan was bored playing, and suddenly there were several clear and clear pipa sounds outside the east wall of the Gongyuan, as if he was trying the strings.After a while, the music played again, between hooks, wipes, picks and slips, but I heard the sound of the pipa, or it was like rain falling on the autumn pond, or like hail hitting the summer lotus. , is like dripping water from a cold spring, Caoxi streams undercurrents, finely broken like spring ice breaking...just when the gossamer is barely audible, suddenly the chord rises suddenly, the glacier breaks down and the ocean rushes down... Li Shiyao seems to feel melancholy It was all melted in, and the soul was full of breath, following the music and rushing against the waves. I couldn't help but let out a long breath, but I heard a woman singing in a graceful voice:—— The shade of the willows is straight, and there are traces of green in the smoke.On the Sui embankment, I saw the water being brushed several times, sending off the scenery. Visiting the homeland, who knows the old face of Jinghua?Changting Road, every year, climbs and folds soft strips over a thousand feet... Searching for old traces and drinking wine to mourn, the lights leave the banquet, the pear blossoms and elm fire urge cold food. Sorrow is an arrow, the wind is fast, and the wave is warm for half a pole. When you look back, you will count the post.Hope people are in the north of the sky... Sadness and hatred pile up, gradually farewell to Pulu, Jinhou is quiet, and the setting sun is endless.Jiyuexie hand in hand, Yunqiao hears the flute and recalls the past as if in a dream, with tears dripping down... Li Shiyao didn't realize that he was already insane, he felt his cheeks were cold and damp, and after wiping them, he realized that he was crying.When looking for the sound and looking around, the music came from an inn, but there were three facades leading to the courtyard behind. Two beige watermelon lanterns were hung on the front of the door, one with "Hu reporter's inn" on it, and one He wrote "tea and rice", and he had already locked the door panel, pretending to know that it was the inn that Xiao Sanlaizi said "transfer the money" just now.Now that I got closer, I heard the noisy voices inside, some talking loudly, some talking casually, as if they were commenting on music, or they seemed to be writing a thesis, but they couldn't hear clearly.When he opened the door and came in to look, Li Shiyao couldn't help being stunned. There were more than a dozen people sitting in the store, and most of them had met each other. Five or six of them were from the Chongwen Gate who used to live in the Huitan store. Except for Wu Shengqin and Cao Xibao, they couldn't name them.The other two are written by the Ministry of Rites. They met each other when they sent the papers to Ji Yun at the military plane, and they were all sitting at the same table listening to Quer and drinking. Seeing Li Shiyao coming in, the two seemed startled. Immediately he became a little embarrassed, and Li Shiyao knew that they recognized him, and said with a smile: "This is Mr. Ding Boxi, are you Mr. Jingchaoge? The Ministry of Rites will be vacant next year for the next spring? Oh, I am from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Mu Ziyao met at the military plane and knew both of them." "Muzi—Yao?" Ding Boxi was still dazed with his own eyes. Jingchao Pavilion had already recognized Li Shiyao. Seeing his attire, he looked like an old filial piety who had repeatedly done his best. He didn't bring any entourage. The visitor, thinking about it in his mind, secretly gave Ding Boxi a hand, got up and gave Li Shiyao his seat with a smile, and said, "Mr. I picked up the seal. A few friends here exchanged the text for a while, and invited the girl Shanshan from Jiaxing Building—also the confidante of our brother Fang Lingcheng—to sing a song to add to the fun. If you come at a good time, please give us a review. "Speaking of introductions one by one, when it comes to Ma Xiangzu, he pointed and smiled and said, "We, a man from the Renzhai family, are loyal and dedicated to the study of Cheng and Zhu. Blue and purple, must be famous on the bamboo and silk, and it will shine before and after Cao Mang!" Li Shiyao nodded in front of him, and he couldn't help being surprised before saying a word.Confused, Ding Boxi told an interesting story about Ma Xiangzu's "wanting to learn from Cao to operate a loyal minister".Li Shiyao couldn't help laughing loudly, and said: "You have not had a single honest person in the four years of the provincial examination - they want to keep you confused until the imperial examination!" Everyone also laughed, and Ma Xiangzu laughed and said: " We don’t read any ancient books in our family, and only say that the emperor emphasizes articles, not to mention the Han and Tang Dynasties, I am the first in the government examination, and I am Jieyuan in the township examination—they have a heart that is not good for children, and they have tricked me!" While talking, Shanshan, who was playing the pipa, got up to toast, holding the pot in one hand, and the red silk handkerchief entrusted the wine to Li Shiyao.Li Shiyao carefully avoided her finger and picked it up to drink. He said with a smile, "Young lady plays such a wonderful piece of music. I came here because of her reputation! It's so beautiful and beautiful! I haven't heard such a wonderful sound in twenty years. ...Can you play another song for us?" Shanshan said with a smile: "Master's praise is so embarrassing...I don't know much, so I thought pipa was the word for loquat fruit tree! Qianer Fang Uncle taught me Su Zizhan's "Congratulations to the Bridegroom" again, how about singing randomly to relieve the boredom of the men?" "Wonderful!" Hui Tongji applauded and laughed, "Fang Lingcheng happened to meet his confidant at Fireworks in Beijing. Cao Xibao grabbed a knife and asked Mr. Fang for permission to marry him. Today he came to congratulate the groom again. He exhaled and raised his eyebrows for my sour butyl vinegar. It was a perfect relationship." Great story!" Fang Lingcheng laughed and said, "That's why I'm the host—Shanshan is really illiterate, and I still have a doggerel about the 'pumpkin'!" Yin coughed lightly and chanted: How does the pipa mistake the loquat?Now Mengshi beats the baby. If the pipa can bear fruit, the sheng in the field will be full of flowers! Then everyone burst into applause, Li Shiyao took a closer look at Shanshan, and saw that she was wearing a high-necked egg green dotted plum jacket, and a Shu brocade Zhaojun suit in the color of jujube honey mixed with jujube honey, and the water-red satin skirt covered her double half. With small feet, he stood at the table under the east wall and stared at the tuning.Her hair is loosely tied with a Suzhou peg hanging halfway over her shoulders, her white brows are full of black eyebrows, her mouth is frowning, and a dizzy dizziness is faintly visible on her left cheek. .Li Shiyao couldn't help secretly praising: This face is nothing more than that, this figure is so graceful and delicate, it's really a stunner in the world!Just as she was thinking out of order, Shanshan had already figured out the tune, and she bowed to everyone with a generous smile, and waved her five strings to watch Qiuhong off. —— Ruyan is not a Chinese house, there is no one in it, and the shade of the tong turns to noon... The evening is cool and the new bath, the hand is raw and white, and the hand is full of jade for a while.Gradually sleepy and lean, lonely sleep is clear and familiar.Whoever comes outside the curtain to push the embroidered door, is teaching people to dream and break the Yaotai song, but it is the wind beating the bamboo... The pomegranate is half spit out red and frowned... All the floating flowers and waves are exhausted, and I am alone with you.Rich and colorful, one skill to look at carefully, the heart is like a bundle.I am also afraid of being frightened by the west wind. If you wait for the king to come, I can't bear to touch the wine in front of this flower-there will be clusters of powder and tears... The quiet and melodious singing voice curled up in all directions, and everyone in the audience listened intently——Cao Xibao was sitting next to Wu Shengqin, the east head of the south side of the table, listening to the Qingling sound of the pipa, closing his eyes and pressing his knees in tune with the singing, with tears in his eyes .Wu Shengqin watched Shanshan singing and dancing with his mouth open and eyes wide open, with a dumbfounded expression on his face.Fang Lingcheng clasped his hands together, nodded and shook his knees, Ma Xiangzu and Ding Boxi followed Shanshan with dumbfounded eyes, and the rest of the people served tea and listened quietly, but Li Shiyao sat with his hands on his knees. He is a very popular governor outside the world, and is deeply favored by Qianlong.This time, he was transferred to Beijing, and he was full of ambitions to put the world on the throne of the Holy Master of the Xuanshu Society Ji Kuangzuo.Unexpectedly, within a few days, I felt repeated failures, walking up and down with thorns and thorns, and nothing went well. Thinking about the dangers of official career and the impermanence of the world, listening to this singing that sounds like weeping, I can't help but feel I am very emotional, but I can't taste the taste. Is it spicy?Is it a sour dream?Is it melancholy?It's... Even he himself can't explain clearly.When he was full of enthusiasm, Hui Tongji asked Ma Xiangzu, "Ren Zhai, who wrote the song just now?" "It's Su Zizhan." Ma Xiangzu said, "Didn't Miss Shanshan just say that?" Hui Tongji winked and smiled, and asked again, what about the song at the beginning? " Ma Xiangzu turned his face to look at him, saw that he had a malicious smile on his face, knew that he was going to amuse himself again, his face became stiff, but he didn't get angry, and said: "Shanshan also said that his name is Zhou Yanbang. " Seeing that Ma Xiangzu was getting annoyed, Hui Tongji smiled and stopped teasing, but Wu Shengqin asked from the side: "Which dynasty is Zhou Yanbang from?" He tilted his face as if asking Cao Xibao and Ding Boxi, and then smiled at Jing Chaoge , Jing Chaoge smiled and said: "Of course we have to ask our brother Ma." Ma Xiangzu felt like a clown being teased by others, and now he couldn't keep his face off anymore, but he was very reserved.Shaking his hands with a pale face, he tapped twice on the table, stood up and said: "Ms. Ma is not talented, I'm sorry - some things are really only understood by prostitutes, or even the big teapot knows - you should ask them Go." With that said, he was about to pull away. "Hey——" Fang Lingcheng was also laughing, and when he saw that he was serious, he hurriedly held back, and said with a smile: "Why bother? We are all from the same town, you and Lao Hui are still in the same age, and you may still go together in the future! If it weren't for being close to one's own brother and friend, who would be willing to joke around? Lao Hui, don't you hurry up and make up for it?" Hui Tongji said with a smile: "Don't be serious, old horse, I have no intention of disrespecting you. There are several Zhiyi articles and I still need to ask you to comment on them! Wouldn’t you delay my bright future by going here? I wanted to tease Miss Shanshan to tell us stories about Master Li, but unexpectedly I annoyed you. Don’t go , Brother Yu is so polite!" As he spoke, he imitated Xiaosheng in the play, stretched out his robe and bowed.Everyone laughed when they saw it, and tried to persuade Ma Xiangzu to stay.Ma Xiangzu was so teased by Hui Tongji's strange look that he retreated to his seat with a helpless smile, and asked, "Who is Li Shishi and what dynasty is he from?" One sentence made everyone laugh again.Cao Xibao's house was kind and didn't wait for everyone to ridicule him. He explained to the side: "Li Shishi was a famous prostitute in Huizong of Song Dynasty, and Zhou Yanbang was a celebrity at that time. The two fell in love for a while. Once they were flirting tenderly. When Emperor Huizong arrived, Yanbang was panicked. He got under Shishi's bed to hide. Huizong and Shishi laughed and played and listened to it. He was so happy that he wrote a poem "Youth Tour", which was published in "Ciyuan". I don’t know. This word spread to Huizong’s ears, and Long Yan was furious——” “Don’t rush, don’t rush!” Jingchao Pavilion stopped him before he finished speaking, and said with a smile: “I’m not afraid that people will say that I’m ignorant—excellent Good speeches must be heard. Sir, chant for us. Hey, chant and chant." Everyone clamored, "I want to listen."Cao Xibao said with a smile: "Because of this word, Huizong decreed that Yanbang's officials should be dismissed and expelled from the country." He recited softly:—— With swords like water, Wu Yan beats snow.The slender fingers break the new orange.The brocade tent is warming up for the first time, the scent of beasts keeps coming, and they sit facing each other to adjust the sheng... Ask in a low voice who is going to spend the night?It's three o'clock in the city.The horse's slippery frost is thick, it's better to stop, it seems that few people walk. Everyone was still savoring, Li Shiyao caught a glimpse of Li Bashiu standing outside the door, took advantage of no one's attention, got out, looked outside, and asked, "Is there anything wrong? Why did you bring so many people here?" Li Bashi Wu smiled and said: "It's nothing, the family heard that the ruffian surnamed Xiao was drunk and crazy, and they were afraid to come to find out about the master, so I brought them here——The woman's name is Liu Xiangxiu, and the girl's name is Ge Xia. Don’t worry. But the sky will be fine sooner or later—” Before he could finish speaking, Li Shiyao had already turned around and returned to the house, listening to Cao Xibao still say, “...the song I just sang slowly, was left to Li Shishi by Zhou Yanbang when he went to the country, Li Shishi It was then forwarded to Huizong, who was moved and ordered to confer Yanbang as Dachen Lezheng..." Li Shiyao listened, and whispered to Jingchao Pavilion beside him: "Brother Cao is very knowledgeable and talented!" "That's natural." Jingchao Pavilion said with a smile, neither humble nor overbearing: "The last time we met in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall, it won the top spot—" He suddenly turned his face away, and the other party Lingcheng said: "Mr. The letter I wrote. We come to drink your wine, firstly to admire the beauty and talent of Miss Shanshan, and secondly, this is really a good story in our Wenlin——Mr. Jiangyou Xiaolian Fang Lingcheng took the exam in Beijing, and was sick in the Great Buddha Temple. A girl from Beijing Xiangyan Junior High School came to the temple to offer incense. She met and donated money to Yanyi to save Fang Xiaolian from the siege. From this, it was played by reason and love. Then he made a private appointment..." Seeing him suddenly change his tone, he spoke a mouthful of teahouse storytelling, and after a moment of stunned, they all applauded and cheered: "Okay!" "He slapped the table, and said: "I can only sigh that the confidante lives in a brothel. Fang Lingcheng is from a famous family in the left of the mountain, and his sons are strictly guarded by ethics. How can he be allowed to form a relationship with a firework girl? So the elder brother repeatedly wrote strict words The responsible Mr. Fang should be in the name of fame, don't ask flowers and ask willows, rather bear Su San's infatuation, don't fall into the capital for the third Mr. Fang. Mr. Fang is embarrassing at home with money, forcing his elder brother to be strict with him outside, Shanshan's daughter is left afraid of the madam I begged for fear that Fang’s family was very strict, but the two had the same heart and soul. One was crying in a high-rise building, the other was wandering in the wind, one was haggard, the other was full of sorrow, and the other was all over the country. The appearance is ruined, and the other is worrying and sick. Oh, alas... If this continues, won't it be "I have no chance to be under Qian's screen window, why is my life in the loess ridge"? Besides-" He still wanted to go on, Shanshan had already brought the wine, she slapped him on the back of the hand with an angry smile, and said: "I used to go to the twenty-fourth master's residence to sing, and I met Jingye there, why? Look, you are all gentlemen, how can you still look like a child? You are not afraid of being laughed at!" Ding Boxi and the others smiled, and handed a stack of papers to Li Shiyao, saying: "I don't need him to show his love with his teeth and claws!— —This is Mr. Cao’s letter to Brother Fang on behalf of 'Mr. Fang', please look, you are really talented!" When Li Shiyao took it and read it, it was a long letter with thousands of words, he was a little impatient, but he just read it After a few lines, I was tempted to stop, let everyone gossip and laugh, and read the letter:—— The letter comes, and I have to be taught strictly. I am so grateful that I can't express it.Since the ancestors died, I have been supported by my brother to have today.Although the younger brother is not talented, he has been moistened by the rain and dew, and has benefited from court instruction for many years.Although he has a childlike innocence, he is rough and well-known, if he chases the mandarin ducks in the wild water, forgets the swan geese in the hall, composes the song of leisurely flowers, and the yun behind the frost, even if he dies, he will not do it.但一时迷昧，忽忽如梦，今事定情牵，有不能顿遣者仅以陈告恳布。 缘斯人三年离嘉兴酒楼，即居虎坊桥巷，不意入室之柳叶，遂成结子之桃花。兄与弟皆艰子息，没得一儿，蒸尝有托，如莫愁之产阿侯，胡婢之生遥集。近有以红粉妖姬育青云上客者，兄所熟知，天下事不可局量，淤泥出莲花，粪土产芝茵，此不能顿遣者一也 这是说姗姗已经怀胎，不能随意弃遗，这头一条理由便下得十足，李侍尧瞟一眼姗姗，果见她下腹微微隆起，不禁莞尔一笑，再往下看，一条说姗姗已经因为自己开罪了鸨母，现今走投无路，设如驱走，其实是逼她自尽；一条说姗姗从良克尽妇道，夜勤刀尺相伴膏火，“弟每遇枯坐，文思不属，微闻香泽，倚马万言，出鬼入神，惊天动地。两仪发耀于行中，列星迸落于纸上。江在烟月繁华，六朝金粉旧地，谢家调马之蹊尚余芳草，王氏鼓揖之流，仍有文波，一旦怀蛟变化，立致青云，岂留连烟月，即属尘下士乎？”这么一路层层说理，恳恳述情悠悠叙怀，姗姗之良贤，情事之无奈，己身之抱负，将占比今，揆情设议，娓娓汩汩，滔滔不绝，洋洒挥霍之间豪气毕现，飞流湍漱之余又见小桥溪幽，李侍尧上看得情思并茂气荡肠回，见那收煞之处，密密麻麻重加圈点，显是前头众人传阅时所加—— 自古英雄，不能不豪情于帷幕，苏武于啮雪吞氊之时，而犹有胡妇之娶，而金兵破竹南下，能于黄天荡上，凡制兀术于死命者，乃娶妓女梁氏之韩靳王也。乃张德远辈，彼恂恂谨饬，王安石辈，终生无声色，何益于国家生民，社稷兴衰之数。 惟兄赦弟之罪愆，发其不能顿遣之情，解三面之围，令弟得遂私愿。发二酉之藏，竟三余之秘，见子雪之肠，反思王之之胃。不弋取大物为一家兴宠者，愿兄摈绝之，以为荡子之戚，皇天后土实闻斯语……人去忽忽，言辞无叙，幸惟原宥！ 李侍尧看得情不自禁，忘神间一拍大腿说道：“好！”却见后边还附有其兄家书，写得亦颇有风趣，却是一一封短简：—— 书悉，初意吾弟正当龙门之跃，青灯黄卷，铁砚磨穿尚不追移情之时，乃游悠青楼，金灯销磨，妄作登徒子之思，是以致书薄让。今见字甚讶，与弟别未数时，笔下便已如此，弟不坠读书上进之志，新妇有相夫宜男之德，兄亦何求全责备于爱弟？即当下帷苦读功课，试毕第与不第，速归故里，汝嫂亦思得见弟妇雅容也。 他笑着将朽信还递给了丁伯熙，说道：“方兄，看了令兄的信，我才一块石头落地，原来我还真替你捏一把汗呢！”方令诚正和身边的吴省钦说笑，见李侍尧和自己说话，忙转身问道：“怎么呢？”李侍尧道：“曹生在里头替你立了军令状，名落孙山断魂归乡，新妇要扫地出门的哟！” “木先生也忒胶柱鼓瑟的了。”曹锡宝一手执杯小口啜着笑道：“所谓此一时也彼一时也，那时候侄儿也给他生下了，还能真的下了那个狠心留子逐母？”方令诚道：“无碍的，我哥哥是个善性人，不过盼我替他争口气就是，他也是屡科不第的秋风老秀才了。”吴省钦道：“有这封煌煌巨书发科就是吉兆，方兄这回必定飞黄腾达的。” 方令诚似乎有点泄气，自嘲地一笑说道：“这种事哪有一定之规呢？走一步说一步罢咧，先太祖方灵皋老位君，天下骚坛执牛耳二十余年，康熙朝做到上书房白衣宰相，也终究没能越龙门一步，我长兄十二掇芹十三次入考，老之将至不能入鹿筵一席，考得悲心丧志，考得灰头土脸，考得闻考变色！像窦兰卿、王文韶、尤明堂那样一路春风连进二甲的，毕竟都是异数。我辈哪能指望这个侥幸呢？” 李侍尧起初还听得专注，至此忽然心中一动：乾隆已点了自己主考，今儿和这群应考诸生泡堆儿算怎么回事？思量瓜田李下之嫌竟是一阵慌乱，勉强一笑，说道：“也不是尽人都这样儿的。我见过多少人，都是下第之后发几天牢骚，骂骂考官瞎眼，然后撕文章烧墨卷，立誓再作冯妇，过不几时，平技痒依然一个故我，寻朋友会同年比文章买讲章再搏龙门。几到榜上有名，牢骚也没了，瞎眼的也成了慧眼，哪里还想得起当日落魄时的光景儿呢？啊唷——忘了一件要紧事，我得赶紧回去了！失陪——回见了！”说着，忙忙起身，向众人略一点头致意。丁伯熙、敬朝阁眨着眼，巴巴地看着他去了